During the ceremony of this
year’s Louis Vuitton Classic Awards, held in Paris yesterday (5th February),
the Peugeot Onyx Concept supercar received yet another accolade, this time the
Louis Vuitton Classic Concept ‘Best Prototype of the Year’ award.

Since 2005, just two awards
are given each year at the Louis Vuitton Classic Awards by a jury of automotive
professionals: the Louis Vuitton Classic Concours Award and the Louis Vuitton
Classic Concept Award. The jury award on this occasion was for vehicles and
concepts that were inspired by the challenges of innovation and expertise.

Gilles Vidal, Director of
Peugeot Design, said: “The Onyx Concept is a supercar that explores future
Peugeot design cues. We combined a premium design with radical, noble
materials that included copper, carbon fibre, felt and compressed newspapers,
which is an innovative development. This automobile sculpture hides a
600bhp V8 diesel-electric hybrid powertrain which salutes the brilliance of the
Peugeot brand with these engines.”

The Peugeot Onyx Concept
supercar, unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September 2012, has already been
voted ‘Favourite Concept Car’ in the World by readers of Auto Plus and
listeners of RTL and also seduced the jury of the International Festival and
Enthusiasts Automotive Design, winning the prize for the ‘Best Concept Car of
the Year’ and last week, the International Automobile Festival (IAF) ‘Best
Concept Car Design’.